{"id":21973,"date":"2026-03-19T19:10:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T19:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/19\/the-left-hid-cesar-chavezs-rapes-and-turned-him-into-a-saint\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T19:10:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T19:10:57","slug":"the-left-hid-cesar-chavezs-rapes-and-turned-him-into-a-saint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/19\/the-left-hid-cesar-chavezs-rapes-and-turned-him-into-a-saint\/","title":{"rendered":"The Left Hid C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez\u2019s Rapes And Turned Him Into A Saint"},"content":{"rendered":"


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When I was in college, I passed the C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez statue every day on my walk to class at the University of Texas. Now, C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez is the name of the road I take to work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For years, Ch\u00e1vez was presented as the figurehead for Mexican Americans, a symbol we were expected to revere. But he represented a collectivist ideology that perpetuated ethnic tribalism. After the New York Times broke the story of his sexual abuse of young girls, this false idol is finally toppling. My only hope is that he is not replaced by another.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ch\u00e1vez has long been celebrated as a symbol of the Civil Rights era and as a champion of labor unions in America. He co-founded the United Farm Workers (UFW) union to fight for better conditions for migrant laborers. But in truth, he exploited the very people he claimed to protect, while tying Mexican Americans to socialist ideology. He carefully crafted a public image as a family man devoted to Catholic social teaching, but the reality was much darker.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ch\u00e1vez\u2019s philosophy echoes Marxist rhetoric about the proletariat and the bourgeoisie. At a UFW convention in 1981, Ch\u00e1vez proclaimed:<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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I would not take one cup of coffee from a grower [farmer]\u2026 There\u2019s not a good one. I hate them. A few presents, a little talk, then the noose. That\u2019s how capitalism works.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It isn\u2019t just his rhetoric that sounds alarm bells. Early in his career, he worked with Saul Alinsky (the community organizer who defined the modern leftist playbook in \u201cRules for Radicals\u201d). Ch\u00e1vez and the UFW later implemented Alinsky\u2019s tactics, fostering confrontational, divisive organizing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then, there is the recent revelation of his extensive sexual abuse<\/a> of minors. The behavior is not distinct from other far-Left figures. From Josef Stalin to Mao to Kim Jong-il, communist and socialist leaders often share a troubling connection to sexual predation. We should not be surprised that evil ideology attracts evil people.<\/span><\/p>\n

If the warning signs around Ch\u00e1vez have existed for decades, why did he become the face of an entire ethnicity in America? Partly, because he was effective at mobilizing Mexican Americans in California, using rhetoric that created a lasting \u201cus vs. them\u201d mentality. But how did that ideology extend to Texas?<\/span><\/p>\n

Ch\u00e1vez never belonged in Tejano heritage the same way he does in Chicano culture. The Chicano culture and movement are a direct outgrowth of the California Hispanic labor movement in the \u201860s and \u201870s. On the other hand, the Tejano culture traces back to the Mexican settlers of Texas prior to Texas Independence and is a component of what created the Texas identity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That history is also tied to farming and a cowboy ethos that is incompatible with Ch\u00e1vez\u2019s ideology. Texas agriculture thrived because of ranchers like my ancestors, who embraced a free-market approach, not because of unions or collectivist movements.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before the New York Times expos\u00e9, one could argue that Ch\u00e1vez fought for Mexican Americans and deserved gratitude. Yet his legacy has encouraged a troubling mindset: To be loyal to one\u2019s Hispanic heritage, one must embrace left-wing ideology.<\/em> On campus, I was often labeled a \u201crace traitor\u201d at conservative events, accused of \u201cwanting white approval,\u201d or dismissed as \u201ctoo white-passing\u201d to comment on border and immigration issues.<\/span><\/p>\n

The type of tribalism promoted by Ch\u00e1vez is just like any other kind of identity politics, limiting and stereotyping the people it is intended to empower. In a political climate in which Texas Hispanics are considering Republicans on the ballot, it is clear why the Left is feeling threatened.<\/span><\/p>\n

So why is a street in Austin named after C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez? Why did his statue watch me as I walked to class? The answer is clear: ethnic tokenism. It was fitting for Bill Clinton to award him a Presidential Medal of Freedom and for Joe Biden to display his bust in the Oval Office. Ch\u00e1vez represents the Hispanic worker the political Left wishes we all were: obedient to a union boss and beholden to collectivist ideology.<\/span><\/p>\n

The UFW announced it will not be celebrating C\u00e9sar Ch\u00e1vez Day this year amid the allegations. The idol all Hispanics were once expected to adore is finally falling from his pedestal. My hope is that we do not replace him with another.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ariana Guajardo is the Video Production Manager at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. She is the creator and host of \u201cThe Sweet Tea Series\u201d and co-host of \u201cThe Hard Country,\u201d where she and Joshua Trevi\u00f1o examine the history and modern tensions shaping U.S.\u2013Mexico relations.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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